Analysis of the colombian energy sector, 2010 - 2019. a vision for the development of sustainable energy

This research arises from the need to know the Colombian energy sector, its importance in the economic activity of the country and the positive and negative effects that this production has. The study addresses the economic, production and environmental aspects of the sector. According to the Energy Mining Planning Unit (UPME) in 2017, the country had a net effective capacity of 16,706 Megawatts (MW), 69.92% is generated by hydroelectric plants, followed by 20.62%, by the thermal power plants that work through the combustion of gas and coal. From the environmental point of view, it is very important that hydroelectric power production relies on the use of coal, generating negative externalities related to the management of the environment, especially when the policies to implement clean technologies or unconventional sources of energy are incipient in the country. With the development of this project, the sector's detailed knowledge is contributed significantly as the first step in understanding the strategies that public policy plans to implement for the development of efficiency and sustainability conditions in the generation of electricity.